May 2015 Running Challenge

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  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
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    Stoshew71 wrote: »
    This is what happends in Huntsville when you delay a race due to a tree falling down on the course about an hour before start time.

    http://videos.al.com/al/2015/05/cotton_row_runners_dancing_in.html#incart_related_stories

    I love it! So funny how that one lady in the front row can do the dance perfectly and text at the same time!
  • 7lenny7
    7lenny7 Posts: 3,493 Member
    edited May 2015
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    5/09: 3.1 miles
    5/11: 3.1 miles
    5/13: 3.1 miles
    5/14: 1.5 miles
    5/15: 3.1 miles
    5/17: 3.1 miles
    5/18: 3.8 miles
    5/20: 3.1 miles
    5/22: 4.0 miles
    5/25: 3.1 miles - First 5k race, chip time of 31:23.55...very pleased!
    5/26: 1.5 miles - unplanned easy run

    Progress: 32.2 of 40 miles

    I was going to rest today but I was anxious to see how this ding in my achilles would be affected by a short, easy run. I went a mile and a half, at an easy pace, and I'm cautiously pleased to say that while there was some discomfort while running, it didn't feel any worse afterwords and might even feel slightly better now.

    @Wendy1Fl if all goes well, I have my eye on a 10k on July 18th. Before then I'll try to find one or two 5k's to fit into my schedule.
  • shanaber
    shanaber Posts: 6,395 Member
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    @SonicDeathMonkey80 - great job on the 5K!
    @Wendy1Fl - love the selfie with Lola! She looks like she is having a great time!

    Date.......Miles......Total
    05/01.....9.20.......9.20
    05/02.....0.00.......9.20 - Rest
    05/03.....4.33.....13.53
    05/04.....6.42.....19.95 - Running with a friend
    05/05.....0.00.....19.95 - Strength Training
    05/06.....5.13.....25.08
    05/07.....0.00.....25.08 - Travel day (flight cancellations, etc...)
    05/08.....0.00.....25.08 - Extended travel day
    05/09.....4.13.....29.21 - Treadmill
    05/10.....0.00.....29.21
    05/11.....5.25.....34.46 - Treadmill
    05/12.....3.76.....38.22 - Treadmill
    05/13.....0.00.....38.22 - Travel day
    05/14.....7.51.....45.73 - + Strength Training
    05/15.....0.00.....45.73 - unplanned rest for my tight hip
    05/16.....8.17.....53.90
    05/17.....2.74.....56.64 - Dog beach run
    05/18.....7.10.....63.74 - Timed run + Strength Training
    05/19.....6.55.....70.29
    05/20.....0.00.....70.29
    05/21.....5.57.....75.86 - + Strength Training
    05/22.....4.63.....80.49 - + Agility Trial
    05/23.....7.23.....87.72 - + Agility Trial
    05/24.....0.00.....87.72 - Rest
    05/25.....8.26.....95.98
    05/26.....5.55...101.53 - Timed run + Strength Training

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    Rest day tomorrow. Coming down to the wire on making goal this month!
  • ShortMrsN
    ShortMrsN Posts: 177 Member
    edited May 2015
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    03/05 - 5.04km
    13/05 - 6.12km
    19/05 - 6.13km
    22/05 - 9.00km
    27/05 - 4.00km

    Had another sick kid home yesterday so no run, and today was so unexpectedly cold (due to some lovely really strong southerlies coming straight up off the south pole!!) that I had to cut todays run short!! I wasn't dressed properly and everything felt icy to whole run :(

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  • jtarmom
    jtarmom Posts: 228 Member
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    5/1 - 3.4 miles
    5/3 - 10.5 miles
    5/4 - 3 miles
    5/6 - 3.4 miles
    5/8 - 3.5 miles
    5/10 - 12 miles
    5/11 - 4 miles
    5/13 - 3.5 miles
    5/15 - 4 miles
    5/17 - 7 miles
    5/18 - 3.6 miles
    5/20 - 3 miles
    5/23 - 2 miles
    5/24 - 13.1 miles 2:19.22
    5/28 - 1 mile

    Tried a slow run today, but my IT band started hurting ~1 mile in. Anyone know how long I can expect to be sidelined with this? I'm stretching and foam rolling, and now very frustrated. I just complete my first half marathon and now can't even run a mile.

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  • chazdiezal
    chazdiezal Posts: 87 Member
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    jtarmom wrote: »
    5/1 - 3.4 miles
    5/3 - 10.5 miles
    5/4 - 3 miles
    5/6 - 3.4 miles
    5/8 - 3.5 miles
    5/10 - 12 miles
    5/11 - 4 miles
    5/13 - 3.5 miles
    5/15 - 4 miles
    5/17 - 7 miles
    5/18 - 3.6 miles
    5/20 - 3 miles
    5/23 - 2 miles
    5/24 - 13.1 miles 2:19.22
    5/28 - 1 mile

    Tried a slow run today, but my IT band started hurting ~1 mile in. Anyone know how long I can expect to be sidelined with this? I'm stretching and foam rolling, and now very frustrated. I just complete my first half marathon and now can't even run a mile.

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    @jtarmom Congrats on smashing that goal!
  • LoneWolfRunner
    LoneWolfRunner Posts: 1,160 Member
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    DATE...............MILES............TOTAL
    5/1...................6.25.................6.25
    5/2...................6.50...............12.75
    5/3...................6.00...............18.75
    5/4...................Weight training
    5/5...................5.25...............24.00
    5/6...................5.00...............29.00
    5/7...................5.75...............34.75
    5/8...................Weight training
    5/9..................19.00..............53.75 (30k trail race)
    5/10..................7.75..............61.50
    5/11.................Weight training
    5/12..................7.00..............68.50
    5/14..................8.00..............76.50
    5/16................14.50..............91.00
    5/17..................7.00..............98.00
    5/19..................7.00............105.00
    5/20................13.00............118.00
    5/23................10.00............128.00
    5/24................10.00............138.00
    5/26..................6.00............144.00
    5/27..................5.00............149.00


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  • ddmom0811
    ddmom0811 Posts: 1,878 Member
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    May 1- strength training
    May 2- cycling - 34 miles
    May 3 - rest day/walked 4 miles
    May 4 - 4.1 miles + Strength training
    May 5- 5.2 miles
    May 6 - rest
    May 7 - 5.1 miles
    May 8 - Strength training
    May 9 - 39 miles biking
    May 10 - 5K and 36 miles biking
    May 11 - Strength training
    May 12 - 5.5 miles
    May 13 - 3.53 miles + 21 mile bike ride
    May 14 - 5.44 miles
    May 15 - weight training
    May 16 - biking - 34 miles
    MAY 17 - biking 40 miles
    May 18 - 5 miles
    May 19 - 5.75 New York’s central park! Very hilly for this Florida lady.
    May 20 - rest day - daughter’s graduation
    May 21- rest day - moving out of dorm
    May 22 - 6 miles down Hudson River!
    May 23 - 22 miles biking around Long Island
    May 24 - 5 mile run - along the water in Long Island
    May 25 - rest - travel day
    May 26 - Strength training
    May 27 - 5 miles - wow, it is SO hot, especially compared to what I ran in last week. In these ridiculously hot summer months I have to remind myself we don't have much of a winter. :neutral:


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    Won't hit my goal but it's all good. June will be better, assuming I can take the Florida heat!

    @skippygirlsmom - that hill looks brutal! Great job on your and Skippy's place!
    @wendy1f1 - love the picture!
  • JimCrackinDandy
    JimCrackinDandy Posts: 146 Member
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    Only 3 humid miles today... Maybe more tonight?

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  • Stoshew71
    Stoshew71 Posts: 6,553 Member
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    Date Miles today. Miles for May
    5/1 REST DAY - 0
    5/2 16 miles - 16.0 <<< Madkin and Weeden Mountains on RSA (1,208ft elevation gain)
    5/3 REST DAY - Went hiking ~4 miles with the wife at Monte Sano instead
    5/4 10.35 miles - 26.35 << slow recovery miles. Still feel sore from weekend
    5/5 10 miles 36.35
    5/6 8 miles - 44.35 << easy paced
    5/7 5.25 miles - 49.6 << fast paced
    5/8 15 miles - 64.6 << Friday night long run
    5/9 REST DAY <<< Georgia Aquarium
    5/10 REST DAY
    5/11 10.5 miles - 75.1
    5/12 10 miles - 85.1
    5/13 8.25 miles - 93.35 << easy effort
    5/14 8 miles - 101.35 << CRR preview + 2
    5/15 5.5 miles - 106.85 << recovery pace
    5/16 15 miles - 121.85 << Sat long run
    5/17 REST DAY
    5/18 8 miles - 129.85
    5/19 7.09 miles - 136.94 << WRH Brueggers Grp Run
    5/20 REST DAY/TAPER
    5/21 5.5 miles - 142.44 << WRH Panera Pounders Grp Run
    5/22 REST DAY/TAPER
    5/23 6 miles - 148.44 << WRH Saturday morning Research Park Grp Run
    5/24 REST DAY TAPER
    5/25 6.25 miles - 154.69 << Cotton Row Run 10K race PR 45:59
    5/25 3.17 miles - 157.86 << pacing my wife at CRR 5K race, her PR of 42:33
    5/26 5.5 miles - 163.36 << Recovery miles
    5/27 6.5 miles - 169.86 << Still a lil sore


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
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    @stoshew71 LOL on the video, I was shocked Skip wasn't out there. But evidently there was a 17 year old boy who was chatting her up - to the point of asking her out. :grimace:
    @ddmom0811 thanks!

    I'm sorry I'm so behind on everyone's posts - I'm reading them all just not giving my 2 cents LOL Work is insane - home is insane - did I mention my other half is home after being overseas 6 months - yeah things are insane :heart:

    5/1- rest day
    5/2 - 5 miles 8K Steeple Chase Race
    5/3 - 3.5 miles
    5/4 - rest day
    5/5 - 6.3 miles
    5/6 - 3.5 miles - decided to cut it short a bit so I could go home and get Macy for a walk
    5/7 - 4.5 miles
    5/8 - 4.6 miles
    5/9 - 2.4 miles - just a quick run to get my legs moving
    5/10 - 3.5 miles of Mother's Day fun with Skip way hot at 85 degrees
    5/11 - active rest day walked the Macy 3 miles
    5/12 - 6.5 miles
    5/13 - rest day - well I walked 3 miles with Macy and cut the yard so my feet were moving LOL
    5/14 - 5.5 miles
    5/15 - 5.3 miles
    5/16 - 3.2 miles - 5K and a little extra with warm up
    5/17 - 6.4 miles with Skip nice easy miles
    5/18 - rest day walked Macy a few miles but that's it, took Skip to breakfast in the morning for her birthday and went to the track banquet last night
    5/19 - 6.2 miles
    5/20 - 5.3 miles
    5/21 - 4.4 miles - I've been running this route pretty consistent since Nov 2014 and this was the fastest I ran it, 43:59 :smile:
    5/22 - 3.4 miles
    5/23 - 3.5 miles - easy run with Skip before our 10K on Monday
    5/24 - rest day - walked Macy 3 miles
    5/25 - 6.2 miles 10K cotton row run - tough course, it wanted to make me cry LOL No PR for me 1:03.03 was the chip time. Skip finished 57:49 chip time a PR for her though she wasn't thrilled with it. The "hill" was all everyone promised it was be I did a speed walk up it and wanted to die never mind run :smile: Race was delayed an hour because a tree fell on the course 30 mins before start time. I'm checking mapmyrun and it looks like the hill goes up 100 feet in less than a quarter mile. But before that "hill" it uphill for over a mile.
    5/26 - 4.6 recovery miles - ouch :smile:
    5/27 - 3.5 miles decided to cut it a bit short - needed to get to work my VACATION starts at noon today!

    98.3 out of 120 miles completed - I am so down to the wire on meeting this!

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  • dennie24
    dennie24 Posts: 251 Member
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    @skippygirlsmom That is so exciting that your other half is home. Six months is a long time. Enjoy your vacation!

    5/27 2 miles. I was trying out some new shoes but I do not like them so hopefully I can return them and get another pair of my usual ones.
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  • kristinegift
    kristinegift Posts: 2,406 Member
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    jtarmom wrote: »
    Tried a slow run today, but my IT band started hurting ~1 mile in. Anyone know how long I can expect to be sidelined with this? I'm stretching and foam rolling, and now very frustrated. I just complete my first half marathon and now can't even run a mile.


    @jtarmom IT bands can be tricky, because they're usually not actually a knee problem, but a symptom of something going on elsewhere. When I've had ITB issues, it's been because my glutes are sleepy from sitting too much/sitting a particular way. I make a conscious effort to stand more and I do glute specific exercises, and the IT band fixes itself in a few days, and I back off on the running in the meantime.
  • tdbernrd
    tdbernrd Posts: 510 Member
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    5/1--3.27 miles
    5/2--8.56 miles
    5/3--rest
    5/4--4.1 miles
    5/5--Yoga X
    5/6--5.02 miles
    5/7--Yoga
    5/8--3.06 miles
    5/9--rest
    5/10-rest
    5/11-2.58 miles
    5/12-Yoga X
    5/13-5.04 miles
    5/14-2.05 miles(treadmill)
    5/15-3.94 miles
    5/16-9.45 miles
    5/17-rest
    5/18-3.12 miles
    5/19-rest
    5/20-rest(My son's 16th birthday.Nope, no birfday cake)
    5/21-4.17 miles with Cardio Kickboxing Instructor(Best time ever :) )
    5/22-4.05 miles early morning run
    5/23-9.31 miles
    5/24-rest day
    5/25-4.51 miles(Happy Memorial Day)
    5/26-Yoga
    5/27-5.7 miles

    No tech run today. I left my phone in my friends car. It was actually quite relaxing, though.


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  • Ghlt4
    Ghlt4 Posts: 241 Member
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    Miles so far.
    5/01 - 4.83 miles
    5/04 - 2.04 miles
    5/05 - 4.10 miles
    5/07 - 2.44 miles
    5/08 - 3.27 miles
    5/09 - 4.15 miles
    5/12 - 3.18 miles
    5/14 - 4.02 miles
    5/15 - 6.27 miles
    5/18 - 4.10 miles
    5/20 - 6.24 miles
    5/25 - 4.33 miles
    5/27 - 6.21 miles

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  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    5/2 - 5.25 beautiful miles through my neighborhood
    5/4 - 5 miles, indoor track
    5/5 - 4 miles, treadmill (soggy, foggy day here); another 5 on stationary bike
    5/6 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
    5/7 - woke up feeling like #$*%...so decided to go back to sleep. May run this evening if I feel better.
    5/8 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights
    5/9 - 10.5 miles to celebrate 1000 days on MFP. Don't usually pay attention to those numbers, but 1000 is a lot!
    5/10 - HAPPY MAMA'S DAY - rest for me too
    5/11 - 4.5 chilly, windy miles. Who dialed the weather back a month or so?
    5/12 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
    5/13 - 4.05 miles
    5/14 - 4.75 miles, treadmill
    5/15 - 4.1 miles, FOGGY...I kinda like running in the fog, feels mysterious.
    5/16 - 4.5 miles
    5/18 - 4.1 miles...lots of wind
    5/19 - 4 miles...still windy...is it May or March?
    5/20 - 0! Ugh! Overslept and woke up to rain, no time to go to gym instead. Blech! Missed a lot here!
    5/21 - 5 miles, treadmill (Trek class, like spin only running instead of a bike)
    5/22 - 6 miles on a beautiful, sunny morning in DSM. Perfect 6 a.m. run!
    5/23 - 11.6 miles. Last long training run before Dam to Dam Half on 5/30.
    5/26 - 4 miles, indoor track; weights / abs
    5/27 - 4.25 miles on another beautiful morning (97.6/115)
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2015
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    5/2 - 6.07 miles
    5/4 - 3 miles
    5/5 - 3.01 miles
    5/6 - 3.02 miles
    5/9 - 13.1 miles 2:37:20.4 new PR
    5/11 - 3.04 miles
    5/16 - 13.1 miles 2:53:02
    5/19 - 3.06 miles
    5/20 - 3.01 miles
    5/21 - 3.1 miles
    5/23 - 12.8 miles
    5/24 - 6.1 miles
    5/25 - 1 mile
    5/26 - 4 miles
    5/27 - 3.7 miles


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  • skippygirlsmom
    skippygirlsmom Posts: 4,433 Member
    edited May 2015
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    kristinegift wrote: »
    jtarmom wrote: »
    Tried a slow run today, but my IT band started hurting ~1 mile in. Anyone know how long I can expect to be sidelined with this? I'm stretching and foam rolling, and now very frustrated. I just complete my first half marathon and now can't even run a mile.


    @jtarmom IT bands can be tricky, because they're usually not actually a knee problem, but a symptom of something going on elsewhere. When I've had ITB issues, it's been because my glutes are sleepy from sitting too much/sitting a particular way. I make a conscious effort to stand more and I do glute specific exercises, and the IT band fixes itself in a few days, and I back off on the running in the meantime.

    When I complained about mine to my PT, he said the problem was in my hip and I needed to build strength there.

    @dennie24 thanks! He goes back next week for the second 6 months :-1:
  • WhatMeRunning
    WhatMeRunning Posts: 3,538 Member
    edited May 2015
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    @jtarmom - like the others above, my IT band issues last year wound up being related to strength in hip flexors, core and glutes (one of more). I would only notice it after 12+ mile runs, and only became somewhat painful after my first half. It never got to the point where a few days rest did not take care of it for me, so I was lucky, I guess. But once I added in some strength routines for runners that focused on hip flexors, core and glutes that problem never came back again. It also made me faster.

    If you are already doing such exercises, then I guess this advice won't help. :tongue:
  • karllundy
    karllundy Posts: 1,490 Member
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    @skippygirlsmom - Woo hoo! The whole family under one roof! Love it!

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